Archive | February, 2008
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More for Oil, Nada for Stimulus
Posted by Judy Dugan
02-29-08 by dugan The headline of this column in U.S. News, by Marianne Lavelle, says it all: "Signing Your Economic Stimulus to the Saudis." Or not quite all. She could have added …"and Exxon, Chevron, BP, Chell and Conoco." Her assessment is one that’s gaining steam: Given the spiking price of gasoline, the [...]
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Inuits vs. Exxon: Might Work
Posted by Judy Dugan
28. February 2008
2-28-08 by dugan It’s a Hail-Mary pass, but the Alaskan Inuit lawsuit against the oil industry on global warming just might work. It may come down to how the judge views the definition of "conspiracy." Alaska’s Eskimos, or Inuit, have been refining the argument for a long time. Four years ago, the Inuit as [...]
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Pump Prices Tell The Story
28. February 2008
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) February 28, 2008 by Mike Masterson, Staff Columnist Editorial: Pump Prices Tell The Story I don’t know diddly about how the oil industry legally siphons billions in profits from captive customers while the nation’s oil-based economy teeters near calamity, but my ignorance never stopped me from having an opinion. In [...]
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Congressional Kabuki
Posted by Judy Dugan
27. February 2008
2-27-08 by dugan Could oil companies that collectively made $123 billion last year afford to give up $1.8 billion a year (less than 1.5% of annual profit) from the tax subsidies that you and I are paying them? It’s not a question worth answering. Nor do we need to ask why President Bush insists [...]
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What? Politics at the EPA?
Posted by Judy Dugan
26. February 2008
2-26-08 by dugan Here’s a (not) shocking development. Newly released documents show that the oil buddies at the White House may have interfered in the Environmental Protection Agency’s rejection of California’s new tailpipe standards for greenhouse gas emissions. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California is investigating the decision, announced in December, which the EPA [...]
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Oil, Inflation … Action?
Posted by Judy Dugan
26. February 2008
2-27-08 by dugan If oil were shoes, its price would be sinking today like a 6-inch spike heel on the beach. Oil and gasoline consumption are down nationwide and U.S. stocks of oil keep rising. The shoe store manager in this situation would have the "50% Off!" signs in the window pronto. Yet [...]
News Clipping
Speculation Keeps Oil High
24. February 2008
The San Diego Union-Tribune February 24, 2008 by Dean Calbreath Speculation helping keep price of oil stratospheric As the price of oil jumped above $100 per barrel last week, pundits were falling over themselves to come up with explanations for the price spike. Maybe it was that oil-refinery explosion in Texas, they said. Or maybe [...]
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How Hot Fuel Fix Got Axed
Posted by Judy Dugan
22. February 2008
2-22-08 by dugan Is this week’s early-stage victory for a national lawsuit against the "hot fuel" ripoff important? Ever more so, Considering the collapse of would-be regulation to fix it. Here’s a memo I wrote recently to the National Conference on Weights and Measures, giving a flavor of how cowed by industry the [...]
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National ‘Hot Fuel’ Suit Update
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21. February 2008
Consumer Victory as National ‘Hot Fuel’ Lawsuit Moves Forward on All Counts Federal District Judge in Kansas City Refuses to Dismiss Suit Against Petroleum Marketers Alleging Deceptive Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Fuel Santa Monica, CA — The sale of “hot fuel” will bring a long, uncomfortable summer to petroleum marketers, refiners and oil companies with [...]
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Economy Under the Heel of Oil
Posted by Judy Dugan
20. February 2008
2-20-08 by dugan Remember last year’s stories about how resilient the U.S. economy seemed in the face of rising energy prices? What a different story today, with energy prices driving a scary rate of inflation. The financial analysts who confidently predicted a few months ago that energy costs would drop in response to [...]
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Oil gushes past $100
20. February 2008
Los Angeles Times February 20, 2008 by Elizabeth Douglass & Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writers Oil gushes past $100 The price of crude rises $4.51 to a closing record of $100.01 as commodities rally The petroleum world produced a record Tuesday, which was bad news for consumers. Frenzied trading sent crude oil surging above $100 [...]
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Oil price tops $100
20. February 2008
The San Diego Union-Tribune February 20, 2008 by Dean Calbreath, UT STAFF WRITER Oil price tops $100, increasing concerns Higher costs feared for gas, other goods The price of crude oil closed above $100 a barrel for the first time yesterday, raising the specter of higher prices for gasoline, food, plastics and an array of [...]
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Price Spike, in Spades
Posted by Judy Dugan
19. February 2008
2-19-08 by dugan Let’s see. Gasoline is up eight cents a gallon in the last week for regular. Oil prices hit $100 a barrel today, ginned up by speculators "worried" about Venezuela, Nigeria, a refinery fire in Texas, you name it. Refiners are cutting back production deliberately, aiming to drive the price of [...]
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